LETTER FROM THE FRINGE at various locations
Paul Birchall – Stage Raw Welcome to Fringe Season, when there are so many shows, and all of them taking place within the same 30 block area, you almost need 50 heads to see them all. With so many shows…
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SPRING AWAKENING at the Wallis Annenberg Theatre
Paul Birchall – Stage Raw Deaf West Theatre’s passionate staging of Steven Sater and Duncan Shiek’s musical (based on Frank Wedekind’s play) was one of 2014’s local small-theater hits, and now the production has been remounted in the grander environs…
ALMOST PERFECT at the Santa Monica Playhouse
Paul Birchall – Stage Raw Director Chris DeCarlo’s staging of the 29th anniversary production of playwright Jerry Mayer’s play about marriage and temptation inevitably shows its age — and not just because the work’s sitcom structure and conveniently pat situations lack…
NOT THAT JEWISH at The Braid
Bob Verini – Arts In LA In Not That Jewish we encounter something distinctly unexpected: a first-person memoir by a former standup comic that actually feels like a real play. Read more… Paul Birchall – Stage Raw If you like…
LOOPHOLES: A PAIN IN THE I.R.S. at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre
Paul Birchall – Stage Raw Stan Rich and Ronnie Jayne’s flippant tour de force about taxation with musical representation is a charming affair, though hardly enough to shake off our rage relating to any recent adventures with the I.R.S. Rich…